The company was founded by Herbert von Thaden in 1928 to design and build a series of all-metal cabin monoplanes.
In 1929 the company was renamed the Pittsburgh Metal Airplane Company when it was bought by the Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corporation for $100,000. The company failed to break into the commercial market and collapsed, PAIC sold the company to the General Aviation Corporation in 1930 and it was renamed the Metalair Corporation.[2]
thaden, metal, aircraft, company, american, aircraft, manufacturer, based, francisco, california, late, 1920s, contents, history, aircraft, also, referenceshistory, editthe, company, founded, herbert, thaden, 1928, design, build, series, metal, cabin, monoplan. The Thaden Metal Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer based in San Francisco California in the late 1920s 1 Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editThe company was founded by Herbert von Thaden in 1928 to design and build a series of all metal cabin monoplanes In 1929 the company was renamed the Pittsburgh Metal Airplane Company when it was bought by the Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corporation for 100 000 The company failed to break into the commercial market and collapsed PAIC sold the company to the General Aviation Corporation in 1930 and it was renamed the Metalair Corporation 2 Aircraft editThaden T 1 1928 1 Thaden T 2 1928 1 Thaden T 4 1930 1 See also editLouise Thaden Herbert Thaden s wife and a pioneer female aviator References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thaden aircraft Notes a b c d Orbis 1985 p 3000 American airplanes Ta Th www aerofiles com 30 January 2009 Retrieved 2 December 2012 BibliographyThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982 1985 Orbis Publishing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thaden Metal Aircraft Company amp oldid 1065316920, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
